Michael Sadowsky

Michael A. Sadowsky (1902 – December 31, 1967) was a researcher in solid mechanics, particularly the mathematical theory of elasticity and materials science. Born in Estonia, he earned his doctorate in 1927 under the applied mathematician Georg Hamel at the Technical University of Berlin with a dissertation entitled Spatially periodic solutions in the theory of elasticity (in German). He made contributions in the use of potential functions in elasticity and force transfer mechanisms in composites. Many of his early papers were written in German and are now being translated.

Selected publications

• "Tetrahedral Riemann Surface Model of a Closed Finite Locally-Euclidean Two-Space". The American Mathematical Monthly. 46 (4): 199–202. April 1939. doi:10.2307/2303065. JSTOR 2303065.
• "Formula for Approximate Computation of a Triple Integral". The American Mathematical Monthly. 47 (8): 539–543. October 1940. doi:10.2307/2303834. JSTOR 2303834.
• "Equiareal Patterns The American Mathematical Monthly". The American Mathematical Monthly. 50 (1): 35–40. January 1943. doi:10.2307/2303990. JSTOR 2303990.
• with E. Sternberg: "Elliptic integral representation of axially symmetric flows". Quart. Appl. Math. 8: 113–126. 1950. doi:10.1090/qam/37425. MR 0037425.